Association of Indian Professionals (AIP) organized a grand function on December 29, 2011 at the Indian Community School, Salmiya to felicitate the meritorious Indian students of class X and XII. Awardees were selected based on the CBSE examination results declared for the academic year 2010 - 2011 from all Indian Schools in Kuwait affiliated to the CBSE, India. His Excellency, the Ambassador of India to Kuwait, Mr. Satish C. Mehta was the Chief Guest whereas prominent businessman, Mr. Kuldeep Singh Lamba and Chairman of Indian Business Council, Kuwait, Mr. S. Kumar Wadhawan, Resident Manager of Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd., Mr. Anil Parasher and Mr. Ashok Kalra, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Indian Community School, Kuwait were the Guests of Honour. Toyo Tires of Al-Mailem Group of Companies were the main sponsor whereas Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd were the co-sponsor of this program.

The event was organized in two sessions; ‘Meet your seniors program’ was followed by the second session of ‘AIP Awards distribution’. 'Meet your seniors' program was conducted by Dr. TS Srikumar and was well attended by many senior students currently pursuing higher education in US, Canada, UK, Australia and India. This program provided an excellent opportunity for students and their parents to interact with the senior students and rendered very useful information about careers and institution options.

General Secretary of AIP, Mr. Umesh Sharma welcomed the guests and audience. He highlighted that the AIP Awards have now become the symbol of Excellence. Mr. Sharma extended his appreciation and thanks to all the principals of Indian Schools in Kuwait who rendered information for the selection of medal/certificate awardees.

The chairman of AIP, Dr. C.G. Suresh thanked the Chief Guest and Guests of honour for their valuable time and cooperation. He appreciated the support of all the sponsors and requested the audience to join AIP to serve the Indian community on a wider platform. He also thanked all EC members of AIP Dr. Srikumar, Dr. Kamlesh, Mr. Anil Parasher, Mr. Jagdish Joshi, Mr. Murali Manohar, Mr. Umesh Shahani & Mr. Umesh Sharma for their efficient efforts in coordinating the event.

HE, Mr. Satish C. Mehta, Mr. Abhay Chaturvedi - representative of Al-Mailem Group of Companies, Mr. S.K.Wadhawan, Mr. Ashok Kalra, Mr. Anil Parasher, Dr. CG Suresh, Mr. Umesh Sharma distributed medals and certificates. Ajish Sam John, Noora Khan, Sneha Ann John, Divya Joseph, Naina Parasher, Dwaipayan B., Shweta Ravindran, Ahmed Kazi, Karunya VS and Divya Mahadevan compered the awards distribution ceremony.

Fahaheel Al-Watanieh Indian Private School-FAIPS (DPS) was adjudged as the best school in both the classes i.e. class X and class XII as the Best Performing School. The rolling trophy and memento were presented by Dr. C.G.Suresh. Vote of thanks was presented by Mr. Jagdish Joshi.

Following students were presented the AIP medals and certificates:

Class XII

Science Stream Gold/Silver Medals

Gold: Immanuel Amrita Rhema – FAIPS (DPS) – (98.0%)

Silver: Abhaya Joseph – United Indian School (97.8%)

Silver: Vivek M. Gopinathan – United Indian School (97.8%)

Gold : Nirmal Sajeev Kombara – United Indian School – (95.8%)

Silver: Fatema Shabbir Lokhandwala – Carmel School – (94.8%)

100% marks - Silver Medals

Immanuel Amrita Rhema – FAIPS(DPS) (Mathematics), David Joshy Manjaly – FAIPS (DPS) (Computer Science), Shadma Arshad – Gulf Indian School (Biology), Vineetha Surendran – Indian Community Sr. School (Chemistry), Sandeep Govindan Prasad – ICSK Amman Branch (Chemistry), Abhaya Joseph – United Indian School (Mathematics)

90% Aggregate or Above – Bronze Medals

Carmel School

Astha Atul Shah (97.0%), Sherilyn Roseann D’Costa (96.2%), Chinta Pavan Kumar (96%), Candice Karen Miranda (95%), Karan Soni (94.4%), Hardikar Mukta Anant (94.4%), Radhika Bernadette Gomes (94.0%), Hardikar Manik Anant (93.4%), Asheley Rachel James (93.4%), Samreen Naz Mohd Saleem Shaikh (92.8%), Shruthi Acharya (92.6%), Thokan Uzair Sarfaraz (92.6%), T.Steve Solomon (92.4%), Meghana Thakur (91.4%), Arjun Vinod Kumar Mahindra (91.0%), Krystal Maxine Lewis (90.8%) and Prema Anna Mathews (90.4%)

Fahaheel Al-Wataniyieh Indian Private School - FAIPS (DPS)

Ritwik Sudesh Kumar (97.4%), Laxshmi Ramabadran (97.0%), Aswin Suresh Krishnan (96.8%), Priyamvada Jain (96.8%), David Joshy Manjaly (96.2%), Chebrolu Gowthami (96.2%), Archana Chillala (95.6%), Rohit Khandelwal (95.2%), Kanishk Kathuria (95.0%), Hiba Nausheen (95.0%), Syed Akbar Nawaz (94.8%), Sufiyan Khan (94.6%), Namrata Kalia (94.4%), Praful Bhatt (94.4%), Ezhilarasu Goutham (94.2%), Arjun Jayakumar (93.8%), Denis Kevin Xavier (93.6%), Shivam Sharma (93.6%), Jayendra Shyam Dewani (93.6%), Gaurav Srivastava (93.4%), Yadu Ramachandran (92.6%)Teena Paul Mandapathil (92.6%), Debyan Bose (92.4%), Sarosh Ahmed (92.2%), Dipayan Mukherji (92.0%), Sarthak Anand (92.0%), Soham Ray (92.0%), Saurabh Lalu Nair (91.6%), Chris Alice Abraham (91.4%), Amanjeet Singh Bhatia (90.8%), Richa Milind Rajgolikar (90.6%), Amrutha Sivaraman (90.4%), Shruti Tripathi (90.4%) and Syeda Sana (90.0%).

Gulf Indian School

Shadma Arshad (95.8%), Nanda Krishnan (94.4%), Amanda Philip Lopes (94.4%), Anvin Antony (93.0%), Josna Miriam Fernandes (92.2%), Padma Devan (92.0%), Thelma Petricia Dsouza (90.8%), Faiz Ahmed Mushtak Halde (90.4%) and Preet Patel (90.4%)

India International School

Rinu Anthony (94.6%) and Sana Ahmad (94.0%)

Indian Central School

Abdul Kadir (94.8%), Gayathri Vinayan (93.4%), Anees Abu Baker (92.6%), Steffi Mariam Cherian (91.2%) and Stephen Sunny (90.0%)

Indian Community Sr. School

Vichitha Kekanaje Chinmaya (97.6%), Reethu Louis Neriyamparampil (94.8), Akshaya Singaravel (94.6), Meghna Menon (94.4%), Lubaina (93.6%), Neenu Ali (93.6%), Anuradha Das (93.0%), Sanaa (92.4%), Anjana Premchand (92.2%), Vineetha Surendran (92.2%), Manit Kaur Sabharwal (92.0%), Kalangi Mispa Peter (91.6%), Christina Elsa Johnson (91.0%), Karthika Viswakumar Menon (90.8%) and Shruthi Vijay Kumar Menon (90.2%)

ICSK, Amman Branch

Sandeep Govindan Prasad (96.8%), Jayachidambaram Ambalavanan (95.6%), Jasper Ratos (95.2%), Karan Ganeshan (93.2%), Asgarali Yusufali Suterwala (93.2%), Kunal Kriplani (93.0%), Sachin Suresh Pai (92.4%), Adam Zaneen (92.0%), Evit Rajan John (91.6%), Mustafa Salim Partapurwala (91.6%), Lubhavaini Jolly (91.0%), Imad Ismail Nagina (90.6%) and Shabbir Lulawala (90.6%).

Indian Community School, Khaitan Branch

Merrin Meriam Mathew (95.0%), Ashli Angilivilayil Cherian (94.6%), Carmen Angeline Goveas 994.2%), Maslina Kalam Miki (92.6%) and Mohammed Samiullah Khan (92.2%).

Indian Educational School

Varsha Balachandran (92.0%), Syamantak (90.6%) and Rinsha Gafoor (90.2%)

Indian English Academy School

Avinash Mohan (94.6%), Rachael Joan Dias (92.0%) and Joanne Mathew (90.6%)

Indian Public School

Musatafa Captain (96.6%), Elton Savio Pinto (93.8%) and Nafeesa Bano Hussainy (90.6%)

Jabriya Indian School

Mustafa Abedin Khanwala (91.0%), Petrina Marigold Pinto (90.8%) and Duvvuru Pooja Reddy (90.6%)

United Indian School

Jyothitha Harishchandran (97.0%), Riya Ann Jacob (95.8%), Anu Ann Baby (94.0%), Sherin Sara Jose (94.0%), Neethu Elizabeth Vaskenly (94.0%), Lubna Moidu Kooriparambil (93.8%), Sruthi Sreekumar (93.8%), Sharon Anne Samuel (93.0%), Arun George Koshy (92.8%), Sharon Moncy Thomas (91.4%), Lubaina Wahid Ali (91.2%), Tanya Thomas Gomez (91.2%), Llyod Paul Anil (91.0%) and Danish V. Jacob (90.8%)

Class X

CGPA 10 - Silver Medal

Carmel School

Arjun Krishnamurthy, Donna Teres John, Sueallen Lorna D’Souza, Jonita Lobo, Zainab Shabbir Lokandwala, Divya Sanjeev Sankhe, Mrigank Raj Kanchan, Dan Anna Teddy and Amy Elz George

Fahaheel Al-Wataniyieh Indian Private School - FAIPS (DPS)

Jeco Jacob, Akshit Tripathi, Kunal Singh, Vedanth Swain, Dennis Joshy, Erica Sharma, R. Sucharitha, Sanjana Ramesh Babu, Jeff Ivan Vadayattu, Nikhil Gopakumar, Raghavi Viswanath, Soumik Mal, Sripathi Sridhar, Swetha C. Thomas, Chinmayi Singhal, Shannon M Sequeira, Aashikaa Elizabeth Rosh, Johnson Jose Mathew, Gauri Shyam, Ashish Rana, Kvya Sreekumar, Rohit Philip Mathew, Nikhil Sasi Rajan, Akshara Viswanathan, Shreya Chandwadkar and Arpit Aggarwal.

Gulf Indian School

Deysha Rose Dias, Karoline Eliya Stephen, Nithasha Miriam Ninan, Rachna Nandakumar, Reema George, Sheryl Mathew, Sujith Samuel Samson, Pavithiraa S., Dhivya Lakshmi Jayabal and Shubham Mundada.

India International School

Munazza Sharafuddin

Indian Central School

Aabha Gopan, Nezlyn D Souza, Chhaya Mahajan, Rekha Elizabeth, Betty Varghese, Shreya Perikilathu Joseph, Hanan Naushad, Karthik Nandakumar, Rahul Ramdas, Stanley Sunny and Robi Reji John.

Indian Community Sr. School

Bella Benny Pozhaliparambil, Sona Ann Thomas, Anjali Venugopal and Wafa Pathan Rahamtulla

ICSK, Amman Branch

Vivek Unnikrishnan, Noora Khan, Ajish Sam George, Ankit Jain, Keerthana Ramesh, Nishank Amin, Liz Maria Kuriakose, Mustafa Burhan B and Nandana P Kumar.

Indian Community School, Khaitan Branch

Paramesh Kanna Ramaraj, Ajay George Prathap, Praveen Kumar Chandran, Justin Baby Sabu, Riya Velmita Vaz and Pooja Thashnath Pradeep

Indian Educational School

Kaushik Nagarajan, Akhil Govind, Ahana Shivaskandan, Ishani Shah, Pavitra Sridhar, Karunya Subramaniyan, Samyukta, Saundariya Lahiri and Venkat Krisshna

Indian English Academy School

Clive Rahul, Sherin Mary, Agnese Marianus, Anna John, Duaa Nizamuddin, Martha Rinnah, Sanjeet Singh and Sonal Takkar

Integrated Indian School

Surej K. Abraham

Indian Public School

Lenryl Robert Sequeira, Areeba Sohail, Wini Muttikal Jose and Mohammed Shrafet Roshan

United Indian School

Sandra Moncy Thomas, Anjali Mohandas Korambeth, Martin Varghese Paul, Sharun Gee Jacob, Jovitha Maria Jacob, Rakhe Menon, Meenu Anna Syriac M., Sharon Sara Joshua, Insiya Saleh Husain, Nakiya Khuzema Jhadolwala, Derina Davy, Akhil Philip Joseph, Ruksana Husain, Reetu Mariya Jacob, Akhil Mathew Mattathil, Jerrin Cherian Mathai, Alka Renu, Jobin Thomas Valliyakalayil and Nicci Jerusha Sequeira